Gnome sweet gnome

It's my birthday Sunday and these were an early gift. Aren't they adorable? I'm going to secrete them in my garden. On view but subtly hidden! You can come to my house and hunt the gnome lol.


So I was poorly yesterday. I had one of my funny allergic reactions! It's definitely eggs! I was vomiting all evening and I still feel a bit delicate. I'm not eating another egg unless it's made of chocolate!!

I went to the theatre this week with my daughter. We saw Fat Friends the musical. It was pretty good. Had a really good cast, incl. Jodie Prenger! I honestly didn't recognise her. I had to Google her to check where I knew her from. She won the series I'll Do Anything in 2008! But get this - she also won The Biggest Loser in 2006! So to win she must have lost a lot of weight!? And here she was acting in Fat Friends - and she was playing the fat one! Yet again someone else who lost weight and put it on again. It really scares me. I struggle to tell you who has lost weight and kept it off, I really do. But I can name you loads of people who have put it all back on! I'm not saying this is a good enough reason not to do it - I might be the 1% that keeps it off for life but it worries me! A lot! Why is it so hard?? And why is it so bad??

Well I lost 3lb with all the sickness. Just in time for a weekend of golden wedding celebrations and (almost) golden birthdays... That's next year!! Please God let me be a size 12 for my 50th. I promise I'll be a good girl.


Best friends - they will always pick you up after a fall, once they've finished laughing.

PS. My mum - she lost weight and kept it off!! Well done mum xx

Banoffee madness

PS ignore ranting below! As you can see picture issue fixed this morning! Lol


Ahhh having problems! I have a lovely picture to post but this stupid thing won't load it. A client gave me this banoffee pie to say thank you for all the work I did for her. And I'm chuffed to admit that whilst my colleagues tucked in I managed to resist. I'm trying to sound all virtuous but the truth is I don't like it. Which is strange because I like bananas and I like toffee sauce and I like cream! So what's wrong with banoffee? I think it's the name. It's as bad as Bradgelina. It's utter nonsense. Should we all merge our names? It's just being lazy. Obviously too difficult to say two names!!  I think everyone should call me and my hubby Mally!!

Now I'm a member of a community thingy online. Not a chat room but a members only site (ran by a large known supermarket beginning with T.) Anyway I asked the community a question this week...

'Would you like to lose some weight?'

And I thought the answers were interesting -

47% - yes and I'm trying
14% - yes but I'm not doing anything about it
14% - probably but I'm ok
21% - no I don't need to
2% - other
And (drum roll)...
0% - no, I'm happy being over weight

That was a big fat (no pun intended) zero! Nil! Nada!   😱

So I thought that was a) not really a surprise and b) still surprised me! That almost half of everyone is trying to lose weight and not one single person is trying to claim that they are happy being fat. It's what we all know. Well certainly something I believed. It's also a bit sad. That's Only ¹/5th of them that thought they didn't need to lose weight! So are these 21% actually within a healthy weight range or are some of them in denial?? (No I'm not being jealous or rude it's a genuine question) And if this group are the holy grail of slimness then that's not an awful lot! And I am desperate to join this elite club! Do you think one of you could invite me, or recommend me or sponsor me or whatever it takes to get in?

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

Dance dance wherever you may be.

This is my pals daughter (yes! I got permission to post photo). I went to a dance competition with them. Right all I am saying is this... Pizza and prosecco in the travelodge! Sat in a sports hall in Glasgow from 8am to 5pm with a big bag of snacks! McDonald's on the way home! Not great! But my calender is now free for 3 whole weeks. Next stone - bring it on!

I was watching The Truth About Obesity the other day. Now they had a little trick. String the length of your height, folded in half, and if it didn't go round your waist and meet, it was bad news. I didn't trust myself to not get tied up in knots with string so I just measured with a tape. Now I'm 5' 3" (oh yes I am!) Which is 63". So my waist measurement needed to be 31½" or less. Drum roll...... This is so embarrassing.... I'm under tall. I need to be 6' 8" oh my goodness! That's giant. Must mean I'm really wide.

I've also been watching Davina McCall on This Time Next Year. Obviously a few people go on pledging to lose so many stone in 12 months, and they do. But they've also had people on who have already lost loads of weight and they pledge to lose all the loose skin! They have surgery and look great but now I'm worried that once I lose all this weight I too will have saggy skin? Not a good look. Mind you if I need cosmetic surgery to remove it I'd have the works - boobs, eyelids, neck lift, brain transplant and lipo!

I also watched a fab series called 'Keeping Faith'. It starred Eve Myles and was brilliant. And Eve Myles looked absolutely gorgeous! I think she'd lost a little weight herself (not much, just enough) and I was so in awe of her figure. It was perfect and if I can look anything like her then I want it. I think I fell in love with her a bit!

You know what? I think my problem is too much TV! Ha ha ha

Sometimes I worry I haven't done anything good with my life, but then something good comes on the TV.

The theme song for Keeping Faith is so lovely. Here it is if you'd like to listen -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzZEtiusO4

I think you'll have to cut and paste into your browser!

Keep calm and party on!

18th birthday party. Tick!

I didn't know it was fancy dress 1920s style! Apparently it was on the Facebook invite but hey, I missed that bit. It was a shame as I'd have loved to wear a flapper dress - since I used to be alive in the 1920s (long story - for another day). The party was great - plenty prosecco and gin and lots of lovely pizza. That was 2lb just for that night. Lots of teen-agers in short skirts and long legs. Don't worry I don't even think of emulating their figures. At my age a teenage body is long gone! To be honest not sure I even had one when I was 18. I certainly didn't have the boobs.

My wedding anniversary. Tick

We've been married 19 years!! And they said it would never last lol. We spent 24 hours in Seaham Hall - a really nice hotel and spa. Champagne and chocolate brownies from the hotel. Afternoon tea and prosecco in the lounge. There's another 2lbs! We relaxed in the spa - pool, outside jacuzzi, sauna, hammam and this water thing. Lots of women walking around in their swimming gear. All shapes and sizes. Some my size and bigger, but I barely noticed them. I concentrate on the slim ones. The ones where I think 'I could look like her - if I tried harder'. This made we sad, obviously. I just can't get away from my fat. Where I go it goes too. Follows me around like a bad smell. Every mirror or reflection - there it is looking back. Laughing at me! I hate it. I don't believe anyone is truly happy whilst being over weight! I'm not! I'm sad! Very sad! But I am determined to get this fat body sorted. I can't wait for the day I unzip it and step out.

So what's left? A golden wedding anniversary and my birthday. 3 weeks to bust my ass before the eating and drinking commence again. ooh except I have another night away with my hubby (I have no idea what excuse I used for this one - maybe just burgers and cocktails) and then a night away with my pal and her dancing daughter! Another week having fun. It's tragic lol!

Trust is like an eraser. It gets smaller and smaller with every mistake.